Many of the most popular horse racing games give you the chance to own a horse or run a stable. Winning Post shows us how this works over a series of games that refined the concept and added new features over time.

The original game came out in 1993 and the overall idea of managing a stable to create a group of winning horses has proven to be extremely popular.

You need to consider all of the most important aspects of horse racing, from the trainers to the jockeys and so on.

It’s a difficult game to get hold of outside of Asia, as it was created mainly for the Japanese market. However, some of the games in the series have been released for the Sega Saturn on a global basis.

Horse Racing Manager

This horse management simulator has more than 6,000 horses in the database and the races take place on various tracks dotted across the globe. This is another series of games, with some players suggesting that the second title, released in 2006, is the best of them.

One of the interesting features of Horse Racing Manager is that it gives you the option of how you prefer to play. Choose to work as a stable owner that controls the whole business, as explained

here by Stablebuzz. Alternatively, you could play as a jockey, or else you could simply play as someone who bets on the outcomes of the races. There’s a multi-player version that adds extra variety to the gameplay.

Frankie Dettori's Games

As one of the most successful jockeys of all time, Italian-born Frankie Dettori has lent his name to many different products over the years.

Among them, we can see Frankie Dettori Racing, which includes a career mode and lets you race at famous events like Royal Ascot and the Melbourne Cup.

It was released in 2006 for the PlayStation 2, Windows and Xbox.

The jockey’s huge popularity has also led to some casino games being released under his name, as we can see in this Irish online casino.

Frankie Dettori’s Roulette is a game by Playtech that uses the traditional rules of this table game but adds in a jackpot prize.

Frankie Dettori’s Lucky Seven by the same developer is an online slot where the legendary jockey appears alongside symbols like trophies and horseshoes.

Japan World Cup 3

A very different kind of racing game, Japan World Cup 3 is a browser-based effort that adds the likes of elephants and giraffes to the field of race horses for added fun.

You never know what is going to happen next, as sometimes the horses dance or start walking on their rear legs, so it’s not a realistic game but it does offer something unique.

The variety of horse racing games available now means that there’s a way of playing to suit every type of player.